"An excellent (if too long) new biography." - Catherine Bruch (Los Angeles Times Book Review, 5/4/97)
"Anderson's massive biography...traces, with exacting precision, the avatar's of Che's epic life in a voice happily devoid of hagiographic rhetoric and with a healthy curiosity about seemingly irrelevant details." - Kevin Elliott (Times Literary Supplement, 5/2/97)
"Five years of research and unprecedented access to friends, family and unpublished archives have allowed Anderson to fulfill his stated aim, to present the truth about Che Guevara. As an added bonus, the author refrains from indulging in amateur psychoanalysis." - Sue Seymour (Literary Review, 4/1/97)
"In the months leading up to the 30th anniversary of his death this fall, prepare yourself for yet more Chexploitation. You may grow weary of all the brouhaha, but you would do well to read Jon Lee Anderson's monumental biography." - Timothy Teuten (Washington Post Book World, 4/27/97)
"Mr. Anderson does a masterly job in evoking Che's complex character, in separating the man from the myth and in describing the critical role Che played in one of the darkest periods of the cold war." - Alfred Kepinski (New York Times Book Review, 5/18/97)
'A sweeping biography...students of Che's life and deeds need look no further than Anderson's volume." - (Kirkus, 3/1/97)